Book-holder



E. J. BOYER.

BOOK HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 29, 1919.

1 36,275, Patented Apr. 6, 1920.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

WITNESS: IN V EN! OR.

E. J-. BUYER.

BOOK HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 29,1919.

Patented Apr. 6,1920) 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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WI'I'NI'ISS: .46? l I 75 EDWARD J. BUYER, 0F AURORA, KANSAS.

BOOK-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 6, 1920.

Application filed July 29, 1919. Serial No. 314,109.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD J. BoYnR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Aurora, in the county of Cloud and Stateo'f Kansas, have invented new and useful improvements in-Book-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in book holders and the principal object of the invention is to provide means for holding books and the like in a position whereby they may be read by a person.

Another object of the invention is to provide means for connecting the support to the chair or the like and permitting it to be adjusted so that it may be placed in proper position before the occupant of the chair.

Still another object of the invention is to provide means for holding the book in open position on the support or holder and to make such means adjustable to suit different sizes of books.

A further object of the invention is to provide means whereby the entire device may be folded so that it will occupy but lit tle space when not in use.

The invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a View of my device connected with a chair;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged front view of the book holder;

Fig. 3 is an edge view with parts in section' F i g. lis a detailed View of the leaf holder;

Fig. 5 is a plan view with parts omitted and parts in folded position;

Figs. 6 and 7 are detailed views of another form of support.

Figs. 8 and 9 are detail views of forms of clamps.

In these views the book holder is shown generally at 1 and this holder is slidably connected to a horizontal rod 2 by means of the clamp 3. This rod 2 is connected with a sleeve 3 which slidably engages an up right rod 4. The sleeve may be locked to said rod by the set screw 5. The lower end of the rod 4 carries the clamp 6 by which the rod may be connected to the arm of a chair or the like. I may also provide an extension which may be connected with the upper end of the rod 4: by the coupling 8 engaging the screw-threaded end of said rod 4. WVhen this is used the sleeve 3 is placed on said extension.

The holder 1 consists of a bottom plate 9 which is provided with an upwardly extending flange 10 at one edge thereof and with a centrally located opening 11. At each end of the flange 10 is pivotally connected an arm 12 which in operative position extends vertically as shown. Each of these arms, midway of its ends, carries a clip 13 which has its upper and lower portions spaced from the arm and these clips are adapted to hold the cross piece 14 and the leaf support 15 in engagement with the arms. The engagement of the clips with these pieces is a frictional one so that the said pieces may be removed when desired and the arms 2 turned downwardly into the position shown in Fig. 5. The cross piece 14: has secured to it the clamp 3 which is adjustably mounted on the rod 2. The leaf holder 15 is composed of two parts 16 and 17 which have their inner ends slidably connected together by the clips 18. The outer ends of these parts 16 and 17 carry the spring controlled fingers 19 which are adapted to engage with the leaves of the-book to hold the book in open position. These fingers are formed from wire or the like bent into L-shape form with one leg forming the leaf-engaging member and the other leg passing through an opening in each end of the holder and having its end bent to hold the spring 20 in position.

It will thus be seen that a book may be firmly held by the holder by resting the bottom edge of the book on the plate 9 and with its side edges engaged by the spring fingers. As the holder 15 is formed of two parts slidably connected together, it will be seen that this holder may be adjusted to suit books of different sizes. This holder will firmly support the book on the stand.

It will also be seen that the stand may be adjusted horizontally on the rod 2 and said rod may be adjusted vertically on the rod 4 so that the book may be placed in proper position before the reader.

When the parts are not in use they may be disconnected from each other, the arms 2 folded downwardly upon the plate and then the parts may be connected together by a strap which is passed through the opening 11 in said plate.

I may also use the clamp shown in Figs. 6 and 7 which consists of an upright member 21 which carries the clamp 22 and has an enlarged head 23 which is provided with a centrally arranged opening and a roughened face. This roughened face is engaged by a like face on the enlarged end 24: of the rod 25 and the parts 23 and 24 are connected together by the screw bolt 26. In this way the 'rod 25 may be adjusted in any desired position to support the book holder in proper reading position.

The device may be used with the clamps shown-in Figs. 8 and 9. The clamp shown in Fig. 8 consists of a main member 30 which is provided with a screw threaded hole 31 at one of the ends to receive the screw threaded end of the upright rod of the device. 32 indicates the other jaw member and the two jaw members are held together by the screw bolts 33 and the thumb nut 34-.

The device shown in Fig. 9 consists of a main member 36 which is provided with a screw threaded hole to receive the screw threaded-end of the upright supporting rod and the other end of this member is bent at right angles and carries a clamping screw 37. The member also carries an arm which cooperates with the clamping screw to secure the device to the chair or bed upon which the holder is to be placed. These clamps are especially adapted to hospitals for securing 1. A device of the class described comprising a plate having a flange thereon, a pair of arms pivotally connected to said flange, clips carried by said arms, a supporting piece detachably held by said clips, a second cross piece also detachably held by said clips and leaf-supporting fingers carried by said second piece.

2. A device of the class described comprising a base, uprights pivotally supported thereby, a cross piece removably carried by said uprights, a second cross piece removably carried by said uprights and consisting of two parts slidably connected together and spring fingers carried by each part.

3. A device of the class described comprising a base having a flange, a pair of uprights pivotally connected to said flange, a cross piece detachably connected to said uprights, an adjustable book supporting member cletachably connected with said piece, a clamp on said piece, a supporting rod engaged by said clamp and means for adjustably connecting said supporting rod to a chair.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

MR. EDWARD J. BOYER. 

